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Chapter 854 The Encounter Back then

"Wise detective?"

Noticing Gao Yuan's state at this moment, Mitarai Zongxu couldn't help asking, and at the same time, after putting away the cross-shaped gemstone he received in his hand, he stepped forward and checked Gao Yuan's situation——

"fine……"

In this regard, Gao Yuan, who felt that his body was abnormally weak and knew that he was the side effect of "power", insisted not to let himself just rest and fall asleep, and he couldn't help explaining:

"It's because I spent too much effort just now, and I'm a little tired."

After all, using the iron rod, especially the strength used to pinch the blade of the short knife at the end of the duel with Mitarai Zongxu, is a strength that is completely impossible for him to use.

"Really……"

As for such a statement, Mitarai Zongxu nodded, because he could see that Gao Yuan's current state was indeed exhausted——

"But I didn't expect that apart from being a good swordsman, the wise detective even has skills in throwing weapons?"

Mitarai Zongxu admired Gao Yuan's two-handed throw that blocked Kaitou Kidd for the last time.

Regarding this, Gao Yuan just smiled lightly, without explaining——

Using the knowledge given by the "magician", throwing things by yourself can indeed be very accurate.

But in fact, apart from the accuracy, in terms of lethality, those two strikes just now are not a concern at all.

If all the scenes just now were rehearsed by himself and Kaitou Kidd, without the cooperation of Kaitou Kidd, it is absolutely impossible to keep Kaitou Kidd in those two ways of throwing the broken blade.

And then again, this rehearsal was intentional, in fact, to elicit doubts about the cross-shaped gemstone.

With what Kaitou Kidd said in front of Mitarai Zongxu just now, it is easier for Gao Yuan to use this as a topic to start asking——

"By the way, Mr. Zong Xu. About that gem..."

Looking at Mitarai Zongxu, Gao Yuan was thoughtful, and couldn't help asking:
"Exactly, I happen to have something to ask about that gemstone. Mr. Zong Xu, I can ask you about everything about the agreement just now, right?"

Hearing this, he took out the cross-shaped jewel to have a look, Mitarai Zongxu thought for a while, then nodded towards Gao Yuan, and affirmed:
"It's natural."

In this regard, after receiving such a response from Mitarai Zongxu, Gao Yuan nodded slightly, and then began to ask:

"The strange thief just said that this gem was bought by Mr. Zong Xu at an auction in the United States 20 years ago, but now, the gem inlaid on it is not the same as when this gem was auctioned 20 years ago. , the one inlaid on it. Is this true?"

Faced with this question, Mitarai Zongxu thought for a while, then nodded in response:
"That's right. The biggest gemstone on it has been taken down since it was taken from the auction that year, and replaced with the gemstone above it."

"why is that?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was deeply puzzled and asked back.

"this matter……"

Faced with such an inquiry, Mitarai Zongxu hesitated a little.

In this regard, Gao Yuan tilted his head, feeling puzzled.

However, after waiting for a while, when Mitarai Zongxu seemed to have finished thinking, he said very solemnly:

"Smart detective... Regarding the gemstone you asked about, and even the matter about Xiao Cai's child... In the final analysis, all of this is related to what happened more than 20 years ago. If this is the case, how about I put everything together , let me tell you the truth, what do you think?"

Hearing that Mitarai Zongxu actually said that, Gao Yuan couldn't help being very surprised, but faced with such a statement, Gao Yuan naturally couldn't refuse, so he nodded seriously, and responded:
"Okay. Please say..."

So Mitarai Zongxu began to tell:

"As I said before, Xiaocai's pregnancy was harmed by her gambler professor. Originally, after we prevented their marriage, that guy tried to find Xiaocai several times. Xiao Cai gave everything for him completely.

"However, we who already knew everything, how could we allow him to get what he wanted. Therefore, during that time, my brother grounded Xiao Cai at home, preventing that guy from getting in touch with Xiao Cai in any way. And, after we learned After his arrears, with the influence of the Mitsuling consortium, we let those institutions that borrowed his arrears put pressure on him. In the end, feeling that he could not withstand the pressure, he chose to go bankrupt and resigned. He lost his original job and just left our sight."

Saying so, Mitarai Zongxu felt that what he said was a bit cumbersome, so he changed his words and continued:
"Of course, as mentioned before, we originally thought that he couldn't bear the pressure of repayment and debt collection and chose that approach, but in fact, after he went through personal bankruptcy and resigned, he didn't know where to get it. took a new identity, and wanted to use this new identity to get closer to Xiao Cai——

"After all, it is certain that Xiao Cai is pregnant with his child. He thought that as long as the child is still there, Xiao Cai will help him sooner or later for the sake of the child.

"For this reason, although we discovered his plan, after several times, especially after Xiao Cai gave birth, he began to change identities frequently to approach us, and the number of times increased, and it was impossible to guard against, which made my brother and I fight a lot. Every time I want to stop this matter completely. But..."

Speaking of this, Mitarai Zongxu showed a trace of helplessness on his face:
"He can always find a way to get away, and we failed to catch him several times. So later, thinking that his only support now is that child, when I was discussing with my brother, I even thought about..."

At this point, Mitarai Zongxu did not continue to speak, but first looked at Mitarai Mizui.

At the same time, after hearing this, Mitarai Rui suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said:
"I... I remembered! At that time, I seemed to have indeed heard my second uncle talking to my father about my sister's child... I remember, it seemed to be saying...'the child died'. I didn't understand it at the time What was the situation, but I knew that my second uncle told my father about my sister, so I went to my sister and told my sister what I heard..."

Speaking of this, Mitarai suddenly seemed to understand something, and the whole person started to back away——

"Xiao Rui, don't think too much."

Seeing Mitarai Mizui's reaction, Mitarai Zongxu immediately stopped and said:
"You were too young and didn't understand anything. Besides, your sister had just given birth and was confined at home by us for a long time, and her mentality changed too much, which led to the tragedy that happened later..."

Regarding this, looking at the conversation between the two in front of him, Gao Yuan was slightly puzzled, but there seemed to be a vague guess——

"Sensible detective, let me continue..."

Mitarai Zongxu saw that Mitarai Zui's mood was stabilized by his own words, and then continued:
"At that time, after the child was born, due to the identity of the child, we did not let Xiaocai take care of the child, but we found a nanny to take care of the child. Therefore, Xiaocai's mentality at that time, because after going through such things, the whole person The state of my life is very unstable, so after she heard the conversation between me and my brother that Xiaorui mentioned to her, because of Xiaorui's vagueness and Xiaocai's mentality, it was inevitable that she would move towards a bad situation. direction to think——

"At that time, Xiao Cai thought that my brother and I wanted to get rid of that child thoroughly, so we didn't let her touch the child.

"Anyway, even though the child's father is a scumbag, Xiao Cai was conceived in October after all. Therefore, when she thought about it like this, she rushed out of her confined room and found and seemed to want to protect the child, so she snatched the child from the nanny and fled out with the child in her arms...

"Then, the accident happened."

Speaking of this, he silently lowered his head, Mitarai Zongxu said as if regretting this.

And hearing this, Gao Yuan also roughly understood what was going on, and couldn't help but think of a picture of a mother who was about to be driven crazy, hugging her child, and escaping from the cage of house arrest——

It's just that although he can imagine such a picture, Gao Yuan himself can't really feel that feeling.

But then again, if the mother in the picture in my mind is the mother of my own body, I can't feel that kind of emotion at all now.

Simple, just like listening to other people's stories, there is a trace of sympathy and pity, but it has nothing to do with oneself.

In this way, Gao Yuan couldn't help feeling a little cold when he thought about it in his heart, but instead asked curiously:

"So, the child died after that?"

Regarding this, Mitarai Zongxu pondered for a moment, then nodded, affirming:

"Yes."

Then, after thinking for a while, Mitarai Zongxu began to explain:

"At that time, Xiaocai snatched the child and escaped from the villa...it is the villa in the suburbs now."

After emphasizing the location, Mitarai Zongxu continued:

"There, even now, after leaving the villa, there is a large field with no people at all, so when Xiao Rui saw Xiao Cai running out like crazy, Xiao Rui cried in fright and came to tell Me and my brother. So at that time, I chased him out.

"However, seeing me chasing after her, Xiao Cai thought I was here to arrest her and take the child back, so she kept running away, and finally..."

Speaking of this, Mitarai Zongxu looked regretful, closed his eyes, and said with deep self-blame:

"At the edge of a cliff, when I was about to catch up with Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai didn't listen to my explanation at all, and just jumped off the cliff...

"At that time, I only had time to catch Xiao Cai, but the child in her arms fell off the cliff and died..."

Having said that, Mitarai Zongxu raised his head, looked at the cave where he and others are now, and said sadly:
"It's near this cave..."

"That's why you buried the child's body here?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan immediately figured out what was going on with the text written under the base of the spirit card, so he asked.

"Ah."

Nodding his head, Mitarai Zongxu expressed regret, but at the moment he replied calmly:
"From the standpoint of the Mitsuling Foundation, as the eldest lady of the foundation, the birth of that child cannot be told to anyone. Although it is very heartless to say so, after seeing that child die like this, my brother and I are the first Time, what he thought of was to erase all traces of this child's existence, so as to hide Xiaocai's unbearable past.

"And, after doing this, even if that scumbag wants to tell this kind of thing, he will not let anyone believe it because there is no evidence. Probably, that guy will choose to disappear later, and will not be entangled in the little one like before. Cai's side, is it because you know that the child has died?

"Besides, at most he can only know that the child is dead, but it is impossible for him to know how the child's body was disposed of..."

"Then what does this matter have to do with that gemstone? Besides, you didn't say the gender of the child?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan thought about it for a long time, and then asked.

"gender?"

Faced with this question, Mitarai Zongxu couldn't help saying:
"It's not important. Even Xiang and Yun didn't know the gender of the child, and we didn't even let anyone else know about the follow-up. Except for me and my brother, only the little boy who chased him out together at that time Rui, who knows where the child fell off the cliff, and the existence of this cave.

"So, when I saw the cave mentioned in the letter from my brother, Xiao Rui and I immediately thought of this cave, wondering if it might be that my brother planned to make everything public after his death...

"But for the sake of the Mitsubishi Foundation's Mitarai family's reputation, we don't want other people to know about it, even if it's against my brother's last wish. That's why we'll take a look in advance to see what my brother has left here."

In this way, Mitarai Zongxu roughly explained that they would be able to find here after seeing the cave mentioned in the letter.

"As for that gem..."

Muttering, Mitarai Zongxu recalled the past, and continued to speak:

"After that child died, Xiao Cai was decadent for several months. Then, on a certain day, when all of us no longer had that strict restraint on Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai took advantage of us not paying attention , took the money from the family, ran away from home...

"Later, when we found her again, she was with Taro...that is, her later husband, and the harm caused to her by that unfortunate past seemed to be healed after meeting Taro .

"As for that gemstone, Xiaocai begged us to help photograph it later, and it was also Xiaocai who took off the blue diamond that was originally inlaid on it... But as for the reason for doing this, Xiaocai did not tell us. said."

"Run away from home? And when I saw her again, was she with her later husband?"

Gao Yuan was somewhat puzzled by such a statement:

"Then during this period, haven't you looked for Ms. Cai's whereabouts?"

"I did, of course I did."

Mitarai Zongxu nodded and responded:
"Originally, during the time after Xiaocai left, the Shiling Consortium used various methods to find Xiaocai's whereabouts. In the end, we found out that Xiaocai had completed the formalities for going abroad and was going to take a passenger ship at Muroran Port. America. However, when we learned of this clue and we were going to find Xiaocai...

"That day, a sudden typhoon hit Muroran Port without warning, blocking our steps. And afterward, in Muroran Port, no one expected that the appalling tragedy would happen there..."

(End of this chapter)